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Roman Catholic Diocese of Segovia

Roman Catholic diocese in Spain

Diocese of Segovia Dioecesis Segobiensis Diócesis de Segovia
Segovia Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Valladolid
Metropolitan	Valladolid
Statistics
Area	6,949 km2 (2,683 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 164,854 155,200 (94.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	6th Century
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Segovia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	César Augusto Franco Martínez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Luis Javier Argüello García
Bishops emeritus	Ángel Rubio Castro (2007–2014)
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Segovia (Latin: Dioecesis Segobiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Segovia in the ecclesiastical provinceofValladolid in Spain.^[1][2]

History[edit]

• 6th century: Established as Diocese of Segovia

Leadership[edit]

• Gutierre Girón (1195 – 19 Jul 1195 Died)

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• Ramon Losaza (1249–1259 Appointed Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Martin (1260–1265 Died)

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• Rodrigo de Tello (5 Jan 1279 – 6 Oct 1288 Appointed Archbishop of Tarragona)

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• Fernando Sarracín (17 Apr 1301 – 17 Oct 1318 Died)

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• Juan Sierra (3 Oct 1370 – 16 Feb 1374 Died)^[3]
• Hugo de Lamanhania (Magialla) (21 Jul 1374 – 15 Oct 1388 Appointed, Bishop of Cavaillon)
• Juan de Serrano (15 Oct 1388 – 22 Dec 1389 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Lope de Barrientos (21 Feb 1438 – 19 Jul 1441 Appointed, Bishop of Ávila)
• Juan de Cervantes (19 Jul 1441 – 25 Nov 1453 Died)
• Luis de Acuña Osorio (1449–1456 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)^[4]
• Fernando López de Villaescusa (1457–1460)
• Juan Arias de Ávila (1461 – 1497 Died)
• Juan Arias de Villar (1498 – 1501 Died)^[5]
• Juan Ruiz de Medina (1502 – 30 Jan 1507 Died)
• Fadrique de Portugal Noreña (22 Dec 1508 – 1511 Resigned)
• Diego Ribera de Toledo (29 Oct 1511 – 6 Feb 1543 Died)
• Antonio Ramírez de Haro (6 Aug 1543 – 16 Sep 1549 Died)
• Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda (27 Jun 1550 – 21 Oct 1558 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
• Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco (21 Oct 1558 – 15 May 1560 Died)
• Martín Pérez de Ayala (17 Jul 1560 – 6 Sep 1564 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)^[6]
• Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva (25 Oct 1564 – 6 Sep 1577 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cuenca)
• Gregorio Antonio Gallo de Andrade (11 Sep 1577 – 25 Sep 1579 Died)
• Luis Tello Maldonado (27 May 1580 – 11 Jun 1581 Died)
• Andrés Cabrera Bobadilla (8 Nov 1582 – 13 Oct 1586 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
• Francisco Ribera Obando (17 Dec 1586 – 15 Sep 1587 Died)
• Andrés Pacheco (2 Dec 1587 – 13 Aug 1601 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
• Maximilian of Austria (27 Aug 1601 – 21 Apr 1603 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
• Pedro Castro Nero (13 Aug 1603 – 12 Sep 1611 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)^[7]
• Antonio Idiáquez Manrique (4 Feb 1613 – 17 Nov 1615 Died)^[8]
• Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada (18 Jul 1616 – 1 Sep 1617 Died)
• Alfonso Márquez de Prado (9 Jul 1618 – 7 Nov 1621 Died)
• Iñigo Brizuela Artiaga (6 May 1622 – 1624 Resigned)
• Melchor Moscoso Sandoval (29 May 1624 – 1626 Resigned)
• Mendo de Benavides (18 Jul 1633 – 19 Nov 1640 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
• Pedro Tapia (7 Jan 1641 – 24 Apr 1645 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)^[9][10]
• Pedro Neila (Neyla) (12 Jun 1645 – 1647 Died)
• Francisco Araújo (13 Jan 1648 – 1656 Resigned)
• Juan del Pozo Horta (28 Aug 1656 – 16 Aug 1660 Died)^[11]
• Francisco de Zárate y Terán (21 Feb 1661 – 28 Jan 1664 Confirmed, Bishop of Cuenca)^[12]
• Diego Escolano y Ledesma (17 Mar 1664 – 27 Feb 1668 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
• Jerónimo Mascareñas (9 Apr 1668 – 26 Oct 1671 Died)
• Matías de Moratinos y Santos (3 Oct 1672 – Sep 1682 Died)
• Francisco Antonio Caballero (8 Mar 1683 – 1684 Died)
• Andrés de Angulo (9 Apr 1685 – 1687 Died)
• Fernando Guzmán (bishop) (29 Nov 1688 – 15 Aug 1694 Died)
• Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata (8 Nov 1694 – 1 Jun 1699 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
• Baltasar de Mendoza y Sandoval (5 Oct 1699 – 4 Nov 1727 Died)
• Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiva (8 Mar 1728 – 29 May 1742 Died)
• Diego García de Medrano (24 Sep 1742 – Mar 1752 Died)
• Manuel Antonio de Murillo y Argáiz (17 Jul 1752 – 1 Jun 1765 Resigned)
• Juan José Martínez Escalzo (5 Jun 1765 – 6 Dec 1773 Died)
• Alonso Marcos de Llanes Argüelles (6 Jun 1774 – 15 Dec 1783 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Juan Francisco Jiménez del Río (14 Feb 1785 – 18 Dec 1795 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
• José Antonio Sáenz Santamaría (24 Jul 1797 – 14 Jan 1813 Died)
• Isidoro Pérez Celis (26 Sep 1814 – 20 Jan 1827 Died)
• Isidoro Bonifacio López Pulido (21 May 1827 – 3 Dec 1827 Died)
• Juan Nepomuceno de Lera y Cano (23 Jun 1828 – 23 Jan 1831 Died)
• Joaquín Briz (24 Feb 1832 – 23 Jan 1837 Died)
• Francisco de La Puente (3 Jul 1848 – 15 Nov 1854 Died)
• Rodrigo Moreno Echevarría y Briones (25 Sep 1857 – 21 Dec 1875 Died)
• Antonio García y Fernández (3 Apr 1876 – 5 Feb 1890 Died)
• José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero (26 Jun 1890 – 24 Mar 1898 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• José Ramón Quesada y Gascón (24 Mar 1898 – 13 Sep 1900 Died)
• José Cadena y Eleta (18 Apr 1901 – 14 Nov 1904 Appointed, Bishop of Vitoria)
• Julián Miranda y Ristuer (14 Nov 1904 – 24 Jun 1913 Died)
• Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui (28 May 1914 – 22 Apr 1920 Appointed, Archbishop of Valladolid)
• Manuel de Castro y Alonso (9 Jul 1920 – 21 May 1928 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
• Luciano Pérez Platero (5 Feb 1929 – 9 Dec 1944 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
• Daniel Llorente y Federico (9 Dec 1944 – 11 Dec 1969 Retired)
• Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez (11 Dec 1969 – 12 May 1995 Retired)
• Luis Gutiérrez Martín (12 May 1995 – 3 Nov 2007 Retired)
• Ángel Rubio Castro (3 Nov 2007 – 12 Nov 2014 Retired)
• César Augusto Franco Martínez (12 Nov 2014 – )

See also[edit]

• Roman Catholicism in Spain

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Segovia.

• Diocese website (in Spanish)